Notes on transliteration -- Introduction: geographies of emancipation -- British colonialism and regulating women in Hong Kong -- Emancipating women from social customs (Fengsu) in 1920s Guangzhou -- Nüling and Nü Zhaodai in 1920s and 1930s Guangzhou and Hong Kong -- The Fenghua protection movement in Guangzhou, 1929-1935 -- Social control through charity : the role of the Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk in the 1930s -- Testimonies from the Po Leung Kuk -- Women service workers and labor activism -- Conclusion: lower-class women, "emancipation," and urban citizenship -- Glossary -- Works cited -- Index -- About the author
Summary
Emancipation, a defining feature of twentieth-century Chinese society, is explored in detail in this compelling study. Angelina Chin expands and reinterprets the meaning of women's emancipation by examining what this rhetoric meant to lower-class women. Challenging the nation-based framework of history by focusing on two cities, Chin compares colonial Hong Kong with Guangzhou, which allows her to seamlessly integrate colonial studies and China studies
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index
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